This is an extremely poor performance from Katsuta but overall I think you're being harsh on him here. Admittedly his pace is not the main reason for his seat but nonetheless he's had a couple of podiums and last year won 18 stages - Evans only had 6 more. The way some people talk about him you would think he's closer to Serderidis or somebody like Matthew Wilson who didn't get his seat based on pace either!